Today, and still currently in flight, is the delivery of airBaltic 19th A220.

MSN 55054, a A220-300 is currently en route to Riga in Latvia to join the airBaltic fleet.

The new A220-300 left the Airbus factory located at Mirabel Airport, Quebec, Canada earlier today at 7:25am local time (11:00 UTC). The A220 factory is co-owned by Airbus, Bombardier and the government of Quebec.

You can follow live its flight (location) using the web site flightradar24.com and looking for flight BT9801.

Again today,the next A220 to be delivered to Delta, a A220-100 MSN 50033, is currently doing its last pre-delivery test flight. If all goes well we should see it back in the air doing its "acceptance flight" with Delta representative on-board early this coming week. It is flying under the flight name of BBA513.

Canada indicated it now "would also prefer to act in conjunction with the European Union."

Canada's aviation regulators joined their counterparts from around the world in Texas this week for a progress report on Boeing's repair of an anti-stall system in the 737 Max plane, a system that has been linked to two devastating crashes. For anyone hoping that the airplanes would soon return to service, the news wasn't encouraging.

As my colleagues Natalie Kitroeff and David Gelles reported, there is still no general agreement among regulators on how and when the software fixes, which have yet to be completed, will be approved. That could leave the planes on the ground for several more months...

The FAA today issued an airworthiness directive effective immediately that grounds all Cessna Citation CJ 525, 525A and 525B models operating with Tamarack active load alleviation system (ATLAS) winglets installed in accordance with STCSA03842NY. The agency said malfunctioning of the ATLAS could lead to loss of control of the entire aircraft.

Trouble continues for the Boeing 737 Max jet as the Securities and Exchange Commission is reportedly investigating the aerospace giant's financial disclosures relating to the jet's grounding. Boeing (BA) stock was up Friday.

European planemaker Airbus wants to stay in the UK whatever the outcome of Brexit, as the country is "a very important pillar" for the company, new CEO Guillaume Faury said on Tuesday (21 May), amending negative comments made by his predecessor.

Airbus, seen as the poster child of industrial integration in creating European champions, also wants to be "more Asian" to be closer to its fastest-growing markets.

Faury spoke with journalists invited to the innovation days at the company's Toulouse headquarters. EURACTIV was part of the attendees.

In one of his first major media appearances since taking over in April, Faury stressed that the UK is "a very important pillar" for Airbus.

For that reason, he said, "we want to stay in the UK", regardless of the Brexit outcome...

The first completed aircraft paint project has rolled out of the new paint hangar at Duncan Aviation's full-service facility in Provo, Utah.

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My name is Normand Hamel. After a 35 year career in aviation I retired in 2009 to better concentrate on my favourite activities: reading and writing. If you wonder what Run-up Pad means it refers to this special section of a run-up area on an airport that can be heated up in cold temperatures to prevent an aircraft from slipping forward when power is applied to test the engines. It also refers symbolically to the yellow pad I am using to write these articles for which I intend to bring our readers to contribution to test my ideas, like one would test an engine to make sure it works properly.